Drinking Your Meals Drinking Your Meals

I have been seeing advertisements for McDonalds - oh sorry,  "McCafe" - frozen strawberry lemonade.  I see the commercials on my c...

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7:50 PM

Investor Risk Over Patient Risk? Investor Risk Over Patient Risk?

Recalled and Black Box Drugs As the cases unfolded some years ago, I kept track of the noted concerns that led to the removal of Vioxx and B...

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7:23 PM

Remember it's Calories Per Gram Remember it's Calories Per Gram

I have mentioned, I think, that I enjoy Joseph's Pita Bread which is made from whole grains and is very low in calories.  I may have sai...

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7:41 PM

Control What You Can Control What You Can

OF course it saves me time to just embed this video in my blog, but it is a message you should hear.   It is less than a minute long, and ma...

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6:35 PM

the Chocolate Study the Chocolate Study

I guess it IS true - but it is not a prescription for recklessness! The people in the study all lived in California.  Almost 70% were men.  ...

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7:56 PM

Raisins and Blood Pressure Raisins and Blood Pressure

Several news outlets have reported on findings that were discussed this past weekend at the American College of Cardiology Annual Conference...

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8:13 PM

Odds and Ends Odds and Ends

Mushroom Powder - Dole Foods has received an innovation award for a new product in a nutritional category.  I do not have all the details a...

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8:35 PM

Weight Based Terminology Weight Based Terminology

Puhl RM, Peterson JL, Luedicke J. Parental perceptions of weight terminology that providers use with youth. Pediatrics. 2011;128:e786-e793...

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7:34 PM

Cheezy Chicken Balls - On a Stick Cheezy Chicken Balls - On a Stick

It's what's for breakfast! A friend of mine is traveling internationally this week and sent me this photo today.  He said that he im...

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7:24 PM

Healthy Vending Healthy Vending

I was telling my office mate about a recent meeting with the University's vending company.  I met with the vendor a week ago and he gave...

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7:20 PM

Kids and Calories Kids and Calories

As I have said before, I am involved in two vending machine initiatives. One of them is research and will take place next fall (I will do th...

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7:50 PM

Bowling Alleys and Movie Theatres Bowling Alleys and Movie Theatres

After my studies yesterday, I met a few classmates at the local bowling alley.  (my peers force me to be social once a month and it darn nea...

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7:34 PM

Soda and Heart Disease Soda and Heart Disease

Sweetened Beverage Consumption, Incident Coronary Heart Disease and Biomarkers of Risk in Men Koning,L. Malik, V., Kellogg, M., Rimm, E., ...

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7:58 PM

Odds and Ends Odds and Ends

Tanning - States are talking about banning indoor tanning.  This is good news because tanning of any type is related to an increased risk of...

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8:17 PM

Walking Stories Walking Stories

No - I haven't finished the soda article....  I have two walking buddies ( in NC ) now.  I still have my Saturday buddy - who you have h...

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7:38 PM

Even more on the labeling law status Even more on the labeling law status

A few days ago I mentioned a communication I had with someone from the RUDD Center who shared information from the Center for Science in the...

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7:46 PM

The Red Meat Study The Red Meat Study

The soda and heart disease study continues to await my further attention.  I am very excited about dissecting it with my new but still minim...

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8:07 PM

what the reporters say what the reporters say

During my statistics class this afternoon, the professor stopped to make a statement about the difference between a randomized experiment, l...

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7:42 PM

Label Change Label Change

There is some news to report on the labeling front today - well not on the FOP labeling -  but on Nutrition Labeling.   Some previously exem...

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7:41 PM

Americans Benefit from New Health Law Americans Benefit from New Health Law

Last night I heard a politician say that Americans do not like the current health care policy known as the Affordable Care Act or ACA.  I do...

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8:06 PM

Odds and Ends Odds and Ends

Label Policy : First, a great thanks to Jennifer Pomeranz at the RUDD Center for getting back to me so fast on the labeling law update.  Sh...

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7:51 PM

Education and Employment Education and Employment

Furthering your education can certainly open new doors in a variety of different ways. Studies show, the individuals with more education typ...

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9:54 AM

The additive effect of SUGAR - or SSBs The additive effect of SUGAR - or SSBs

I only have four or five items set aside for tomorrow's Odds and Ends post, so I checked out some trusted websites in search of somethin...

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5:54 PM

It isn't just what you eat It isn't just what you eat

I am going to show a picture at the end of my narrative and this post is about that picture.   I saw the picture or graphic today on a frien...

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8:05 PM

Free or Reduced a Brand is a Brand Free or Reduced a Brand is a Brand

When I saw that some major drug companies were being sued over coupon offerings, I had a suspicion what the concern would be.  I had to go b...

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7:14 PM

Healthy NE Low Calorie Healthy NE Low Calorie

Natural does not automatically mean healthy and healthy does not necessarily mean low calorie.  I have said this before - but it always bear...

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7:02 PM

When Supplements Hurt Us When Supplements Hurt Us

As a health educator, I side with the diet and nutrition experts who declare that the best place to get our essential  vitamins and minerals...

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7:48 PM

Is that side salad an investment? Is that side salad an investment?

Today (during a conversation that started with a discussion about the food  served at meetings) a coworker mentioned that he used to make hi...

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7:57 PM

Odds and Ends Odds and Ends

The preparation for this episode of the Odds and Ends began with a note about an advertisement that I saw while watching a show that was ...

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8:01 PM
 
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